Crawl under the Westy and look up at the floor. There are threaded nuts
welded in place for the seat rails even if the Westy did not come with
the rails. There are four nuts in the space between the sliding door and
the frame. These will show you where the factory seat position is.

Mark

S Sittservl wrote:
>
> I'm installing a single-person middle seat in my '88 Westfalia.
> It's the one VW made, and it's designed to fit into tracks
> on the floor.  But, my van doesn't have the tracks, and I don't
> really want to route the floor out to install them.  Instead,
> an RV place is going to help me mount it with removable
> bolts that go through the floor.
>
> I'm currently deciding exactly where to put it, and I was
> wondering:  on Westfalia's that DO have the tracks, how far
> is the back of the rear track from the facing of the base of
> the rear seat?  Or, on any Vanagon, how far is the front of
> the front track from the back of the base of the front seat?
> Could someone measure and P-mail me?
>
> Sure, I could just eye it and pick a spot that looked good,
> but first I'd rather at least hear the wisdom of those
> German engineers...
>
>                                                -Steven Sittser